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W. J. MORDEN.

FROG.

Patented Sept. 25, 1883.

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WILLIAM J. MORDEN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FROG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,647, datedSeptember 25, 1883,

Application filed April Q7, 1883. (No model.)

consists in certain peculiarities of construction and arrangement,substantially as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it,referring to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan viewof my frog-point.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the point with side projections. Fig. 3is a cross-section of Fig. 4, taken through a B A A. Fig. 4 is a planView, showing the frog-point attached to the wing-rails. f

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

A A represent the outer or wing rails, which are formed and bent in theordinary manner to the desired angle.

B represents the frog-point, made of any suitable material, butpreferably of steel, of

any shape and size. This point is formed with a shank, B, of suitablesize and form to admit of easy and firm attachment to the adjacent pointor track rails, and the point is also formed at or near its point endwith a projection, a, adapted or shaped to overlap the footflanges ofthe wing or guard rails and preserve the proper distance between them atall times, as well as to aid them in supporting the point. The point Band its projection a are cast or formed in one piece. The projection a,being integral with the pointB and adapted to overlap the foot-flangesof the wing or guard rails, and having a bearing on said flanges,prevents the sinking of the point into the crossties by the pressure ofpassing trains, andconsequent shearing out of the bolts by thus throwingthe weight and strain up on them, but distributes the weight upon a muchbroader surface, enables the wing or guard rails to aid the point insupporting the strain, and removes from the bolts all but a tensilestrain, as will be readily understood.

The wing-rails are secured to the point by through-bolts b b and thewhole secured to the cross-ties in the usual manner.

It is evident that the point B may be further provided with the sideprojections, a a, as shown in Fig. 2, all cast or formed inone piece. vp

The point B, with its projection a, may be cast, swaged, forged, orformed in any manner found most desirable.

I am aware that a railway-frog has been made consisting of thecombination of a wroughtmetal center or point with east-metal feathersor distance-pieces, and I am also aware that it is not new to unite byprocess of casting wrought-metal wings with a wrought-metal point andeast-metal feathers or distance-ribs,

and I do not claim the same but WVhat I do claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A solid frog-point, B, provided with a bearing-projection, a, adapted torest on the flanges of the wing-rails, said projection being formedintegral with the point and of one homogeneous mass of metal,substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. MORDEN.

Witnesses:

J. E. STEVENSON, FRANK J OHNSON.

